African American History

African American History : Continuity and change in the African American musical (or literary , or artistic ) tradition , from slavery to hip hop

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Introduction

African-American music has continued to evolve in the face of diehard musical currents since the 1950s . Floyd (1995 ) is curious about the effect of political , social and artistic currents on the constant growth and concurrent stagnation of African-American Music (p .11 . This therefore aims to discuss the continuity and change in African-American music from slavery to hip-hop

History

During slavery

in the 17th century , the slave owners during that period wanted to exercise their control over the slaves and deprive them of their African culture in the process . However , the isolation and communal marginalization of these slaves led to the facilitation of the retention of important aspects of their traditions . Slave owners purposely did this in to inhibit the political organizations that were associated with slave rebellions occurring in the southern part of the United States and also South America . Slavery , slave rebellions and civil rights movements in addition to the African cultures therefore played a vital role in shaping the religious , family , political and economic behaviors in African-Americans . Eventually , the impression of African culture was presented in numerous ways including music (Nigeria Village Square

The Change and Continuity

Ramsey (2004 ) explores the hip-hop culture and deduces that it contains three forms of expression which are : rap music , graffiti writing and break dancing . These forms are therefore the ways for the youth...